Sunshine and dry weather dominate the forecast

A large, sprawling area of high pressure headed down from Canada is the main player in this week's weather. The pattern across North America is not very "progressive" right now, meaning that storms are not moving quickly from west to east. Instead, there are only two main features we'll be watching (that area of high pressure, and a spinning cut-off low in the Midwest). Good news for those who like peaceful weather!

For the most part, high pressure easily controls the conditions here in the New England. The next two days will be bright and cool, and the nights will be very chilly. It will certainly feel a lot more like November today, with highs in the low 50s. Tonight may end up being the coldest night of the year so far, with some towns down near 20 by daybreak tomorrow! We'll warm to the low/mid 50s Wednesday.

Thursday looks about the same, although some high cloudiness will be increasing throughout the day. That's out in advance of our next storm, which will be slowly pushing eastward out of the Ohio Valley. This will likely bring a few showers late Thursday night through the first portion of Friday. All rain with this system, with no snowflakes expected.

As for the weekend, it looks like a quiet one at the moment. In fact, if the forecast holds, it should be the perfect weekend to get us into the Thanksgiving spirit. Temperatures will be cool, and skies should be fairly bright (especially Saturday). Stay tuned for updates!

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